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Date 19 April 2012

Event ID 936564

Category Documentary Reference

Type Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936564

UKHO Identifier : 001273

Feature Class : Obstn

State : LIVE

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 58.89163,-2.90319

Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.89163,-2.90319

WGS84 Origin : Original

Previous Position : 58.89167,-2.90283

Position Quality : Precisely known

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 8

Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs

Name : THAMES

Type : BLOCKSHIP

Flag : BRITISH

Sonar Length : 35.0

Sonar Width : 10.0

Orientation : 100.0

Tonnage : 1327

Tonnage Type : Gross

Date Sunk : ??/??/1914

Sonar Signal Strength : Strong

Scour Depth : 0.0

Debris Field : NIL

Contact Description : Entire wreck

Original Sensor : Reported Sinking

Last Sensor : Acoustic Sensor

Original Detection Year : 1914

Last Detection Year : 2010

Original Source : Other

Last Source : Survey Vessel

Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1887. STEEL HULL. SINGEL SHAFT. SUNK AS A BLOCKSHIP. STERN REMOVED LATER & HULL CUT DOWN. (WKS OF SCAPA FLOW).

Surveying Details : **H8698/19 MENTIONED IN SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON 'AORANGI'.

**H5371/24 11.8.24 DWP LIES 076DEGS, 5C FROM SKAILDAQUAY PT, OR 585330N, 025400W. SANCTION OF TREASURY TO PAY �6,800 FOR REMOVAL OF 'THAMES' AND 'LORNE'. RA COAST OF SCOTLAND TO WATCH PROCEEDINGS. (NL1349/30). INS AS DWP 076DEGS, 5C FROM SKAILDAQUAY PT. BR STD.

**10.7.31 ATTEMPTS TO SALVAGE VESSEL ABANDONED. (NL2149/31).

**H7308/56 13.5.59 INS CAUTION NOTE ON 35. - NM 1924/58.

**H2496/72 14.3.72 STATED TO BE 318.5DEG, 2300FT FROM LAMB HOLM TRIG STN (61). STANDING UPRIGHT ABOUT 11FT HIGH, WITH ABOUT 28FT OVER IT. WK HAS BEEN BLASTED BUT LEAVING HULL INTACT ALMOST TO GUNWHALE, BUT WITH STERN MISSING. TOP OF WK CONSISTS OF SUPERSTRUCTURE. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). INS AS DWP. BR STD.

**3.7.80 COVERED BY LEGEND: 'OBSTRUCTIONS - SEE NOTE' CENTRED ON 5853.500N, 0254.170W [WGD] ON NC 35.

POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE

**5.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5853.498N, 0254.191W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.37MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). LENGTH APPROX 35MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS. APPEARS AS A SEABED MOUND. COVERED BY LEGEND. NCA.

General Comments : APPEARS AS A SEABED MOUND

Chart Symbol : OB

Charting Comments : LEGEND: 'OBSTNS - SEE NOTE', OBSTN NOT CHARTED

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